Agusta A109E N906AH

Summary

On 22 August 2009 at about 05:06 local time, a Agusta A109E registered N906AH, operated by Aramco Associated Co, was involved in an accident near Ras Tanajib, Saudi Arabia. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 August 2009 at 05:06

Classification

Accident

Location

Ras Tanajib, Saudi Arabia

Coordinates

28.0833, 48.7333

Aircraft

Agusta A109E

Registration

N906AH

Category

Helicopter

Engines

2

Operator

Aramco Associated Co

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ras Tanajib → Ras Tanajib

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09WA478

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 22, 2009, at 0506 universal coordinated time, an Agusta 109E helicopter, N906AH, operated by Saudi Aramco Aviation, sustained substantial damage during landing and a post crash fire at barge Arabyia 4, in the Persian Gulf, near Ras Tanajib, Saudi Arabia. The pilot and 4 passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight that departed Ras Tanajib Airport (OETN), at 0456. According to the operator, the helicopter touched down on the barge, the helicopter began to shake, the main rotor contacted the tail boom and cabin, and a fire ensued. During the accident sequence, the pilot was able to secure the engines and stop the main rotor with the rotor brake. The pilot and passengers exited the helicopter uninjured, and barge personnel extinguished the fire. The accident occurred in the vicinity of 28 degrees, 05 minutes north latitude, 048 degrees, 44 minutes east longitude. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) P.O. Box 887, Jeddah, 21165 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Tel: 966-2685-5515 Fax: 966-2-685-5507 This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.